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Perennials. Inflorescence an open, contracted or spike-like panicle. Spikelets brown, occurring singly or in pairs, not in close triads. Lower lemma 3-nerved. Callus oblong to linear, truncate, 2-toothed or obliquely pungent. Upper lemma 2-dentate, glabrous or hairy, but without hair-tufts, with a deciduous awn from the sinus. Worldwide: 26 species in tropical and South Africa, Madagascar and 1 in South America Caprivi: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | Content |
| lanata (Stent & J.M. Rattray) C.E. Hubb. | Description |
| simplex (Nees) C.E. Hubb. | Description, Image |
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